OK you want to continue this BS. The pic you posted , and I have others , show my original bezels that were on the car when I bought it. probably never taken off since the day it left the factory. Nearly perfect condition other than dulled from age . In doing the resto, I took them to one of the best polishers and plating companies anywhere around. I had them take off the original anodizing and polish them. They were going to clear coat them, but we agreed that the painter who was going to put on the black should clear coat to make sure the paint was compatible with the clear coat. I took them there 1-15-19 and they were done 6 weeks afterward. I inspected them when I took off the bezels, the polisher inspected them on arrival, and we both looked at them when I picked them up. the cost on them was $240 for the pair, and this company charges quite a bit for their quality work. The painter put on the clear coat, masked off for the black , and applied black epoxy paint. He and his son inspected both bezels when they masked them off. I didn't put the bezels on until just before June 15. Later on , some of the clear flaked off and I didn't want to take the time to have them done over, so I tried to touch up with a fine haired brush, and did a bad job. The black paint was excellent, it had no clear on it. This was just 6 months before I called you ( Dec 2019) to see if you would want to strip the paint off, touch up polish if needed, clear coat with your super duper stuff you had bragged about, and either powder coat or paint the black as original . You asked me when I would need them back , and I said " before May 1st" You told me you could do that, and give me an estimate on cost when you inspected them. So I mailed them to you immediately. You called me when they arrived, and said they were in pretty good condition and could do the job for $200-$300. That was in the range of what the first polisher charged , so I said to go ahead with it.
I contacted you a couple of times to check on progress and you said mine was working its way up the list. As time was getting close to May 1st, you said you had started on them.. several days later , all I got was excuses. An all Mopar car show was coming the first part of May and I really wanted to make that show. And other important events later in May. It appeared that I would not get my bezels from you in time. So, I decided to try to find new reproduction ones which are available for 1969, but not 1968. I was fortunate to find a pair of excellent ones ( very rare) for about the same as the price you gave me to do mine. I bought them , and then when I got mine back from you, choose the ones that matched my grill best and sell the other set. Everything was going to work out, so no problem.
until....I had given you permission to show my bezels on your powder coat face page, which you did, a before and after pics. And the before pic - I said "something is not right" .. That is all I said . I, and my wife knew the " before" pic was not my bezels. and your description of how bad they had been and how much work you had to do to them. And the damage that was left after you worked them. And then your invoice that showed how many hours and the charges was about double your first quote.. Impossible---I have had experience with polishing aluminum and brass antique items-& motorcycle parts- and know better. What was I to think ? only two possibilities I could come up with . Either someone had exchanged my good ones for bezels that DID need that much work, Or you was ripping me off. When I questioned what happened , with out accusing anyone, You went into an over the top fit. To much of a fit ?????? And then after more discussion, you deleted the posts that made you look bad, and I can prove that.... Good thing I caught that before paying your invoice and then receiving bezels that were worse than than ones I sent you.
I told you I didn't want them , you could do whatever you want with them , sell them, keep the money. And now I see you are trying to rip someone else by trying to sell them for more than the invoice... You still want to keep this BS up? I have more..............
